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Coverage dated June 17, 2024

Chicago mayor announces reparations ‘task force’

Headline from Courthouse News Service

The task force will be charged with creating a “definition and framework for reparations” for Black Chicagoans affected by the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow laws.

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  1. Courthouse News Service

    Chicago mayor announces reparations ‘task force’ (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    The task force will be charged with creating a “definition and framework for reparations” for Black Chicagoans affected by the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow laws.

  2. Blaze Media

    Chicago mayor creates reparations task force for 'historical wrongs committed against' black Chicagoans (opens Blaze Media)

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    Blaze Media's feed description

    'I have a responsibility to set the tone on how we rectify decades of neglect.'

  3. NBC Chicago

    Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson launches reparations taskforce as Juneteenth nears (opens NBC Chicago)

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    NBC Chicago's feed description

    Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has announced the formation of a new taskforce aimed at considering reparations for Black Chicagoans.

  4. Fox32 Chicago

    Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announces reparations task force (opens Fox32 Chicago)

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    Fox32 Chicago's feed description

    Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced an executive order Monday to establish a reparations task force and agenda aimed at addressing historical injustices against the African American community.

  5. CBS News

    City of Chicago launches reparations task force (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Chicago's Mayor's move comes as New York's Governor and legislators in California have also addressed the matter.

  6. ABC 7 Chicago

    Chicago Mayor Johnson moves forward with Chicago reparations task force, names chief equity officer (opens ABC 7 Chicago)

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    ABC 7 Chicago's feed description

    Mayor Brandon Johnson is moving forward with a Chicago reparations task force to look into a possible program, and named a chief equity officer.

  7. Time

    Chicago Mayor Launches Black Reparations Task Force (opens Time)

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    Time's feed description

    The mayor signed an executive order Monday aimed at creating a task force that will look into a reparations program for Black residents.

  8. Washington Examiner

    Brandon Johnson announces reparations task force in Chicago days ahead of Juneteenth (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced a task force Monday that will focus on reparations for black residents in the city.

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